BigScreen Journal

All Journal Entries

Jan 15, 2016 - The Regal Indian Mound 11 in Heath, Ohio closed on Thursday, January 14, 2016. The Newark Advocate published an article recently about the closure of the movie theater:
The Indian Mound Mall movie...

Jan 14, 2016 - Consolidated Theatres announced recently that they have extended their lease on the Consolidated Theatres Ward with TITAN XC in Honolulu, Hawaii, and plans to compete a full renovation of the movie...

Jan 14, 2016 - The nominations for the 88th annual Academy Awards were announced early Thursday, January 14, 2016 by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski, and Ang...

Jan 12, 2016 - The Kirkland Parkplace Cinema in Kirkland, Washington showed its last movie on January 11, 2016. Fittingly, the movie shown was Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show from 1971. The movie...

Jan 11, 2016 - Warner Bros. Pictures announced recently that Christopher Nolan will be directing the upcoming World War II movie, Dunkirk, which is about the legendary evacuation of a northern French city during...

Jan 11, 2016 - The Century Downtown Plaza 7 in Sacramento, California closed today for major renovations, according to an article published recenty in the Sacramento Bee:
The movie theater at the former Downtown...

Jan 8, 2016 - The Regency Janss Marketplace 9 in Thousand Oaks, California closed December 31, 2015. The theater's closure was announced on their Facebook page with the following message:
We've had the pleasure...

Jan 5, 2016 - Moviegoers in Harrisburg, Illinois will be able to enjoy movies without leaving town again when the Showplace Cinemas Harrisburg opens this Friday, January 8, 2016. The area has been without a movie...

Jan 5, 2016 - The Sharon Cinemas 8 in Sharon, Massachusetts closed December 31, 2015.
We could not find any news articles or references for why the theater closed. The theater's official web site simply displays...

Jan 4, 2016 - Two and a half years after the Starplex Cinemas - Robinson Crossing 6 in Norman, Oklahoma closed, the theater reopened on December 24, 2015 as the Evans Theatres - Robinson Crossing 6.
According to...

Dec 31, 2015 - The Plaza Theatre in Miamisburg, Ohio opened to the public on December 25, 2015, according to the theater's official web site and Facebook page. Both sources mention that the last time the theater...

Dec 30, 2015 - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced recently that it will begin its release of movies on Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in "early 2016." The Ultra HD Blu-ray format allows for a resolution of 3840x2160,...

Dec 29, 2015 - The Grandview Theatre in Columbus, Ohio has closed. The theater posted the graphic above to their Facebook page.
According to a recent article published in The Columbus Dispatch, the theater might...

Dec 23, 2015 - The Southwest Theaters - Turtle Creek 9 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi opened to the public today, December 23, 2015.
According to our records, this location was last open in 2007. It originally opened...

Dec 22, 2015 - The Cinemark Movies 10 in Cathedral City, California has closed. The theater appears to have been a discount theater, and was nicknamed the "dollar theater" by locals.
Moviegoers in the area will...

Dec 21, 2015 - The Goen Cinemas Window Rock in Window Rock, Arizona is now open. According to an article published on nativenewsonline.net, the theater opened with Noon shows of a Navajo-language version of the...

Dec 20, 2015 - The former Fridley - Village 1 & 2 Theatre in Knoxville, Iowa has reopened as the Grand Theater. Originally opened in 1906 as the Grand Opera House, it went through a variety of owners, its name...

Dec 18, 2015 - The IMAX auditorium at the Carmike 12 in Missoula, Montana is now open to the public. According to a press release from Carmike Cinemas, the theater officially opened with Star Wars: Episode VII -...